A low pressure system moving out of the Gulf of Mexico and a strong upper-level trough pushed an area of rain across Georgia late on the 14th and early on the 15th.  Meanwhile, a wedge of cold, dry air had slid down the east side of the Appalachians into north central and northeast Georgia.  As the rain overspread the wedge of cold air, temperatures dropped to near or just below the freezing mark.  Rainfall amounts across north and northeast Georgia averaged in the 0.50 to 0.80 inch range, resulting in substantial and damaging accumulations of ice.  Ice accumulations on trees, power lines, and other elevated objects were mostly in the 0.25 to 0.33 inch range in an area bounded by Helen, Dahlonega, Ellijay, northeast Atlanta, Covington, and Athens.  However, ice accumulations up to 0.50 inch were reported across Gwinnett, Hall, and White counties resulting in a number of downed trees and power lines.  Only minor ice accumulations were reported immediately west and south of this area in the western and southern suburbs of Atlanta.  Warm ground temperatures prevented significant ice accumulations on roads, although some minor ice accumulation was reported on the roads across Banks, Gwinnett, Hall, and White counties.  Approximately 220,000 residents, mostly in northeast Georgia, were left without power during the morning hours.  The power outages also left traffic signals out of service in many of these areas, resulting in a number of traffic backups.  Nearly 100,000 were still without power in the late afternoon.  Several roads were also blocked from downed trees, especially across Hall, White, and Gwinnett counties.  The information below provides the specific ice accumulation and reports by county:Banks:  1/4-1/2 inch - roads icy with widespread power outages.Barrow:  1/4 inch - numerous power outages and trees down.Clarke:  1/4 inch - ice on bridges with a few trees and power lines down.Cherokee:  1/4-1/2 inch - numerous power outages and trees down with ~4500 residents without power.Dawson:  1/4 inch - numerous trees and power lines down.DeKalb:  < 1/4 inch - several power outages.Forsyth:  1/4 inch - numerous power outages and trees down.Fulton:  < 1/4 inch - lots of trees and power outages down northeast side of county.Gilmer:  1/4 inch - numerous trees and power lines downGwinnett:  1/4-1/2 inch - numerous power outages and trees down with ~76,000 residents without power.Hall:  1/2 inch - bridges icy with approximately 400 trees down, 100 of them on Georgia Highway 400.  Eight to ten roads closed.  Widespread power outages.Henry:  1/8 inch.Jackson:  1/4 inch - numerous power outages and trees down with ice on bridges.Lumpkin:  1/4 inch - numerous trees and power lines down.  Schools closed for two days.Madison:  1/4 inch - several trees and power lines down.Newton:  1/4 inch - A number of trees and power lines down throughout the county.  At least 600 residents left without power overnight.Oconee:  < 1/4 inch.Oglethorpe:  Several trees and large tree limbs were down.  Some roads were blocked.Pickens:  < 1/4 inch - several trees and power lines down.Rockdale:  1/4 inch - a few trees down.Towns:  trace of ice - no power outages and no road problems.Walton:  < 1/4 inch - icy bridges with no trees down.White:  1/2 inch - ice on bridges and patchy on roads.  Numerous trees and power lines down.           At least 2,500 residents in the county left without power.

Ice Storm in BANKS, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in BARROW, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in CHEROKEE, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in CLARKE, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in DAWSON, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 15K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in DE KALB, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in FORSYTH, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in GILMER, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in GWINNETT, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 250K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in HALL, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 300K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in HENRY, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in JACKSON, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in LUMPKIN, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in MADISON, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in NEWTON, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in OCONEE, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in PICKENS, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 2.5K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in ROCKDALE, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in WALTON, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Ice Storm in WHITE, GEORGIA
From 15-DEC-05 00:00:00 to 15-DEC-05 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL